Haskin (crater)
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Haskin is a lunar
impact crater
located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located Southwest of the Hevesy crater
and the Plaskett crater
; the latter of which is located directly adjacent to the large Rozhdestvenskiy crater
. The crater was adopted and named after American chemist
Larry Haskin by the IAU
in 2009.
Moon
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impact crater
Impact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located Southwest of the Hevesy crater
Hevesy (crater)
Hevesy is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located in between craters Plaskett and Haskin. The large Rozhdestvenskiy crater is located to the Northeast. Hevesy was adopted and named after Hungarian chemist George de Hevesy by the IAU in...
and the Plaskett crater
Plaskett (crater)
Plaskett is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located on the northern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It lies only a few hundred kilometers south of the lunar north pole, and the sunlight it receives is at a low angle. The large walled plain Rozhdestvenskiy is attached to the...
; the latter of which is located directly adjacent to the large Rozhdestvenskiy crater
Rozhdestvenskiy (crater)
Rozhdestvenskiy is a large lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, within one crater diameter of the north pole. It lies sandwiched between the craters Hermite along the eastern rim, and Plaskett which intrudes slightly into the west-southwestern rim...
. The crater was adopted and named after American chemist
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
Larry Haskin by the IAU
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
in 2009.